Background

Over 30 years experience as a developer, analyst, and educator in Information Technology. Cisco Academy Instructor in Cyber Security Operations and Routing and Switching CCNA-1 through CCNA-3, version 7. Developer using various tools including SQL Developer for Oracle and Visual Studio. Palo Alto Networks Authorized Cybersecurity Academy Instructor.

Education

• M.S., Information Systems, George Washington University, 1991
• B.A., George Washington University, 1986

Professional Areas and Research

• Design Thinking and Agile Development
• Relational Databases and Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Programming
• Operating Systems
• PC Hardware/Software
• Networking
• IT Student Teaching and Learning and Curriculum Development 

Teaching

• ITEC 101, Thriving in the Tech Age
• ITEC 245, Introduction to Networking, Two sections
• ITEC 370, Database Systems in Information Technology
• ITEC 233, Intro to Computer Hardware and Software Support (USC)
• ITEC 352, Software Design (USC)

Honors and Awards

• 2020 Student Organization Advisor of the Year, Alpha Omega Epsilon
• 2020 Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar
• 2020 AECT AND DIVISIONAL AWARDS LEARNER ENGAGEMENT DIVISION Excellence in Innovation: Sharon Gumina and Hengtao
• Tang, University of South Carolina, Fostering Student Engagement via Design Thinking in an Authentic Internet of Things (IoT) Instruction